Bob Ord
Since I am not a keyboard player but a guitarist, and having
been told by Hybrid Technology that the only way to print out AMPLE on a stave
was to use the Music 4000 keyboard, I decided to write this program for those
who do not have a Music 4000 keyboard but who would like to print out their music
in staff notation. Shadow RAM is required.
Shadow RAM
The program is written in BASIC, uses a mode 0 screen and
may have to load a large AMPLE program. Use is therefore made of Shadow RAM.
The Shadow RAM call is set for the BBC Master and B+ and occurs at the
beginning of the U.ASP file. Users of other types of Shadow RAM will have to
alter this to suit their needs.
Suitable printers
The AMPLINEX Staff Printer consists of two BASIC programs
with a fast machine code printer driver for Epson compatible printers with the
640 dot-addressable bit image mode.
The screen
ASP's screen consists of three windows: one in the top left
corner used for various control functions, one in the top right corner for information
and one across the bottom half of the screen which displays the stave.
Initially the program asks for an AMPLE filename, directory
and drive number: the latter two have defaults of $ and 0 if the Return key
alone is pressed.
Pressing the Return key alone when the filename is requested
will display a catalogue of the selected drive in the information window.
Loading an AMPLE file
Once an AMPLE file has been entered and loaded, the AMPLE
words in the file created using the Staff editor (i.e. having the comment
%STAFF) are displayed in the information window.
Single or multiple word option
Single or multiple words may be printed. The program asks
for the number of words if the multiple option is chosen. These are printed out
in the order that the names of the words are entered.
Screen or printer option
Either screen only, or screen and printer, output may be
produced. The screen output is useful for checking that you have the correct
word name before committing anything to paper.
Escape key
Pressing the Escape key at any time will reset the program
to the initial state waiting for an AMPLE file name.
Pressing the Control and Escape keys together will exit from
the program.
Errors
All operational errors are reported in the information
window.
Related files on this disc:
Published in AMPLINEX 016, March 1990
